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Jon Spaihts has stepped down as showrunner onHBO Max’sDune : The Sisterhoodseries for focus on pen the sequel to Denis Villeneuve’sDunemovie , instead . The new take on Frank Herbert ’s classic sci - fi novel is moving forward at Warner Bros. , with Villeneuve directing a big - name casting led by Timothée Chalamet as Paul Atreides and Oscar Isaac as his father , Duke Leto Atreides , the superintendent of the desert satellite Arrakis or Dune . Villeneuve ’s follow-up toBlade Runner 2049is schedule to open in December 2020 , and has its eye on launching an integral franchise .
Meanwhile , The SisterhoodTV spinoff about the Bene Gesserit ( a potent , if enigmatic , order of fair sex in theDuneuniverse ) is presently in the whole works at WarnerMedia ’s streamer , which launches in May 2020 . The show was pick up to serial in June and was being developed by Spaihts , who also worked on theDunemovie playscript with Villeneuve . Dana Calvo ( Good Girls Revolt)joined the serial as Centennial State - showrunnerin July , but there have n’t been any major update to account in the month since .
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THRis now reporting that Spaihts has leftDune : The Sisterhoodin order to focus his effort on writing theDunesequel instead . The secondDunemovie has n’t been formally light-green - lit yet , but producer Brian Herbert ( Frank Herbert ’s Word and author of severalDunebooks and short stories ) previously confirmed the first film will onlycover one-half of the originalDunenovel . As such , Spaihts will be adjust the latter one-half for the next motion picture .
Villeneuve was sic to directDuneshortly after Legendarypicked up the IP ’s movie and television receiver rightsin of late 2016 , and the program has always been to produce brand - fresh contentedness for a variety of medium . According toTHR , Legendary TV was n’t pleased with Spaihts ' most recent script draft forThe Sisterhoodand settle to remove him as showrunner , earmark him to concenter all his tending on the upcoming sequel instead . Spaihts has far more experience writing for the big screen than on television flop now , with his previous credits includingPrometheus , Doctor Strange , andPassengers . With that in mind , it comes as less of a surprise that Legendary make up one’s mind to keep him turn only on the movie side of theDunefranchise for the time being .
The lookup is underway for Spaihts ' replacement onThe Sisterhood , but it ’s possible the show will be push to the back - burner while WB look to see how Villeneuve’sDunemovie performs at the box office . The celluloid wo n’t have to contend with any other major sci - fi tentpoles over the 2020 winter holiday , what withStar Warsgoing on break until 2022 andAvatar 2not arrive until December 2021 . However , neitherDunenor Villeneuve are guaranteed bets , commercially - mouth . After all , Blade Runner 2049was a box billet bombthat failed to full cover its $ 150 million+ budget , andDune ’s " politics in space " approachwill make it a hard sell than the other enfranchisement film slated to open up in December 2020 ( likeUncharted ) . If nothing else , though , the spicery will flow for at least one film .
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author : THR
